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Man sues
Monster
Energy Drink
company
after drinking
part of a dead
mouse in his
can
A man is suing the makers of Monster Energy Drink after claiming he found
parts of a dead mouse at the bottom of his can.
Vitaliy Sulzhik had downed the energy drink shortly after buying it, only to feel
'debris' in his mouth as he finished the can.
The 19-year-old inspected the bottom of his drink and saw the tip of a mouse tail
sitting at the bottom.
He drank two cans of Monster energy drink every day for three years,
including on the day of his death
Monster has maintained that its drinks have safe levels of caffeine
The mother of a teenager who died after going into cardiac arrest last year is suing Monster Beverage
Corp., claiming his death was caused by the company's caffeinated energy drink.
Alex Morris, 19, from Silver Spring, Maryland, suffered cardiac arrest during the early morning hours of
July 1 and was later pronounced dead in hospital.
His mother, Paula Morris, is now suing the drinks company, claiming her son drank two cans a day every
day for the three years leading up to his death, as well as on the day he died.
Her lawyers previously filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Anais Fournier, a 14-year-old girl who died
in 2011 after consuming two 24-ounce cans of the drink in a day.